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Week 2 Fantasy Football: 5 Players on the Verge of Stardom

Kareem Hunt proprietors are stressing less after Thursday night.

Dream football stardom isn’t a simple thing to stop by, and it’s not quite recently given out to any NFL player. Names like Antonio Brown, Le’Veon Bell, David Johnson, Julio Jones and Rob Gronkowski are the undeniable geniuses. At that point there’s an entire level directly underneath that of players who can even now be considered stars, and a couple of who can apparently be set with that best gathering.

Be that as it may, who has next? Which NFL players are prepared to wind up noticeably the following dream football stars? Regardless of whether it’s new kids on the block who are on the ascent or players who have truly started to get through, these five names underneath are very nearly getting to be can’t-miss players in your dream class. How about we separate it in the wake of seeing their Week 1 exhibitions.

Fournette didn’t just rush for 100 yards and a touchdown, he did it against an incredibly talented Houston Texans defense, complete with a healthy J.J. Watt. If Fournette can top the 100-yard mark against the Texans, I’m pretty confident he can do it against almost any team in the NFL.

Stefon Diggs, WR, Minnesota Vikings

If there was any question that Stefon Diggs and Sam Bradford would continue to have great chemistry entering the 2017 season, that got put to bed in the team’s 29-19 win over the New Orleans Saints. Bradford looked Diggs’ way eight times, resulting in seven catches for 93 yards and two touchdowns. Diggs was just unstoppable in Week 1, and while he may be the player who’s the furthest from hitting that star level in fantasy, he’s still approaching it.

Kareem Hunt, RB, Kansas City Chiefs

You never want to see a player lose his job to an injury, but that’s likely the case for Chiefs running back Spencer Ware, who tore his MCL and PCL in the team’s third preseason game of this season. The injury led to rookie third-round draft pick Kareem Hunt taking over the starting job, and tallying 148 rushing yards, 98 receiving yards and three total touchdowns in the team’s opener against the defending Super Bowl champs. The New England Patriots had no answer for Hunt in the opener, and it’s unlikely many if any other teams will either.

Hunt is the real deal, and we’re already seeing the tremendous upside that he has.

Matthew Stafford, QB, Detroit Lions

I’m done doubting Stafford’s ability to dominate and take over games. The Arizona Cardinals have a legitimately strong pass defense, yet Stafford took over when it mattered most and completed 70.7 percent of his passes in Week 1. He finished up with 292 passing yards and a superb four touchdowns. He’s coming off two exceptional seasons, and I think that 2017 may be the season in which he enters that top tier of NFL quarterbacks in fantasy football.

Dak Prescott, QB, Dallas Cowboys

One thing to note about Prescott is that his fantasy football value comes from much more than his arm. It also doesn’t directly have to do with his performance in the opener of the 2017 season. Prescott can dominate with his legs when needed, and his dual-threat ability is downright scary. In the opener, Prescott played an excellent Giants secondary and still wound up throwing for 268 yards and a touchdown, while rushing for 24 yards.

He wasn’t asked to do much either in the second half, as the Cowboys relied heavily on Ezekiel Elliott to run the clock. There’s no sophomore slump here for Prescott, and by the end of 2017, he’ll be considered among one of the best all-around fantasy quarterbacks.